are the Remains of a Priory founded A. D. 1103, by Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk. Caftle Rifing, 3 M. from Lynn, 97 from London, took its Name from its Situation on a high Hill, on which was a Caftle, built by William d' Albini, Earl of Arundel and Suffex, in the Reign of Henry I. It has a vaft circular Ditch according to the Gothic Method of Fortification, supposed to have been done by the Normans. An Hofpital was founded and endowed here by Henry Howard, Son of the Earl of Surry, &c. Other Towns of Note are, Cromer, 8 M. from Clay, 127 from London, a fishing Town remarkable for Lobfters, of which great Quantities are fent to Norwich and London. Aylefham, 6 M. from Walsham, is a Town noted for Knitters, and is pretty populous. Worfted, 12 M. from Norwich, is remarkable for the Invention and twisting that Sort of Woolen Yarn and Thread which is from this Place called Worfted. Here is alfo a Manufacture of Worfted Stuffs and Stockings, which are both knit and wove here. Caften, 19 M. from Norwich, 128 from London, has a Bridge over the River Bure. 'Tis noted for a brazen Hand being carried before the Steward of the Demefne inftead of a Mace, but for what Reason we know not. Reepham, 2 M. from Caften, noted for having formerly had three Churches in one Church-yard, belonging to as many Lordships, viz. Reepham, Whitewell, and Hackford; but having been long demolished, there is now only the Ruins of one for Ufe. Its chief Trade is in Malt. St. Faith's, is a Village with a pretty good Streetway, noted for a Fair of lean Cattle, which the Norfolk Graziers, &c. buy up. Clay, 6 Miles from Walfingham, on the fame Coaft as Cromer, has large Salt Works, where a great Quantity of good Salt is made and fenft to the Baltic and Holland. Marham and Wells are two Towns on the fame Coast, where is a very confiderable Trade carried on with Holland Holland in Corn, which is a great Produce in this Country, and in the Returns thence. The Seven Burnhams are feven Towns, lying in the North-west Corner of the County, noted for its Salt Marshes, which are of fome Advantage to the Sheep. On the Shore are many little Hills, fuppofed to be the Tombs of Saxons and Danes killed hereabout. Walfingham, a pretty good Town famous for the Ruins of an Abbey, where was a Shrine of the Virgin Mary, called our Lady of Walfingham, as much frequented once as Thomas-a-Becket's at Canterbury. The Soil is famed for producing good Saffron and Southernwood. Downham, 5 M. from Seechy, and 87 from London, has a Port for Barges. Windham, or Wimondham, 100 Miles from London, a little Town, whose Inhabitants, old and young, make fmall wooden Ware. It has had the Honour of giving Name to a flourishing Family, that hath spread itself in feveral Counties; in it is a Church formerly an Abbey, built by William de Albini, Butler to Henry I. with a high Steeple, on which Kit the Tanner was hanged by Sir William Windham, Sheriff of Norfolk, for Rebellion in the Reign of Edward VI. Hingham, 5 M. from Watton, 93 from London, remarkable for the fashionable Drefs of its Inhabitants, whence it is called Little London. Antiquities in Norfolk. Cafile-Acre Priory, founded by William Warren, Earl of Surry, A. D. 1090. Bornholm Priory, founded by William Granville, A. D. 1113. Creak Priory, fituated between Burnham and Creek, was made an Abbey by King Henry III. A. D. 1230. Binham Priory, founded in the Reign of Henry I. by Peter de Valoines. Seats Seats of the Noblemen and Gentry. The Duke of Norfolk's, at Norwich-palace. Earl of Buckinghamshire's, at Blickling, near Aylesham. Viscount Townsend's, at Raynham and at Stiflay, near Walsingham. The Earl of Orford's, at Houghton, called HoughtonHall, a grand Structure all of Stone, with large Gardens and Plantations compleatly finished in 1735. Its Founder was Prime Minister from the Year 1722, when the first Stone was laid, till 1742. It is a Houfe of State, with Conveniency fit for a Prince, and has a curious Collection of Pictures by the greatest Masters. LINCOLNSHIRE S a large maritime County, bounded on the S. by the River Welland, which divides it from Northamptonshire; on the N. by the Humber, which feparates it from Yorkshire; on the E. by the German Ocean; and on the W. by fome Parts of Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Rutlandshire. It is about 60 Miles in Length, 35 in Breadth, and 180 in Circumference; contains thirty Hundreds, one City, 34 Market Towns, 688 Parishes, and about 1556 Villages. It has many large Rivers, particularly the Nen, Welland, Grajh, IVitham, Bane, Trent, Dun and Ankam. The inland Parts produce Corn, the Fens Cole-feed, and the richest Paftures, fo that their Cattle are larger than those of any other County, except Somerfetfhire. It is divided into three Parts, Holland, Kefteven, and Lindfey I. HOLLAND. The principal Town in Holland is Bofton, or Botolph's Town, 114 M. from London, built on the River Witham, which is navigable to Lincoln, and inclosed here with artificial artificial Banks. It has a wooden Bridge over it. About the End of Edward I. Reign it was burnt down by Villains in the Disguise of Monks and Priests, who came in the Fair Time and carried away the Merchant Goods. It was made a Staple for Wool, and the Merchants of the Hans Towns fixed their Guild here; it is a pleasant well built Town, and has a good foreign and inland Trade. Its Church is reckoned the largest Parish Church without crois Ayles in all the World. It is 300 Feet long within the Walls, and 100 Feet wide, handfomely ceil'd with Irish Oak, fupported by tall and flender Pillars. It has 365 Steps, 52 Windows, and 12 Pillars, answerable to the Days, Weeks, and Months of the Year. Its Tower or Steeple is famous for its Height and Workmanship, being 282 Feet high. It has a beautiful Octagon Lanthorn on the Top, which is feen near 40 M. every Way, but efpecially on the Sea as far as the Entrance of the dangerous Channels called LynnDeeps and Bofton-deeps, fo that it is the Guide of Mariners as well as the Wonder of Travellers. The Town has a commodious Haven, and is plentifully fupplied with fresh Water by Pipes from a Pond inclofed in the great Common called the West Fenn. The Land is very rich, feeding vaft Numbers of large Sheep and Oxen. John Fox the Martyrologist was born here. Near this Town is Taterfbal Cafile, belonging to the Family of Clinton Earls of Lincoln. The Parish Church was made collegiate, and endowed with Lands, in the 17th of Henry VI. Kirkton, or Kirton, 3 M. from Bofton, took its Name from its Kirk or Church, a fine ftately Building in Form of a Cathedral, and gives it to its Hundred, in which are four Villages of the fame Name. Dunnington, 7 M. from Boften, 99 from Lond. has a Port for Barges, and is remarkable for large Quantities of Hemp and Hempfeed bought here. Crowland, 9 M. from Spalding, 88 from London, has a Church, the Remains of its once famous Abbey, founded about the Year 716. It ftands among the Fens, and its three Streets are feparated from one ano ther ther by Water Courses, so that the People go in Boats to milk their Cows. There is a Communication by a Bridge over-against the West End of the Abbey, built in a triangular Form to answer the Streets; 'tis fo curious a Fabric as not to be equalled in England, if in Europe; it is formed on three Segments of a Circle meeting in one Point, and each Bafe they fay ftands in a different County, viz. Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, and Northamptonshire. 'Tis alfo fituate upon the Center of the Conflux of the River Nyne with the Weiland. Here is great Plenty of Fish and wild Ducks in their Season ; the latter in the Month of Auguft are so numerous, being brought thither by decoy Ducks, that they fometimes drive 3000 into a Net at a Time by Dogs trained to it. There are many Pools in and near the Town for the Liberty of fishing there, and these they call their Corn Fields, becaufe none grows within five Miles of them. The fenny boggy Soil being impaffable for Carts has occafioned this Proverb; That all the Carts which come to Crowland are fhod with Silver.. Spalding, 9 M. from Crowland, 10 from Deeping, and 98 from Lond. is a much neater Town, and more populous than could be expected, in a Place encompaffed with Lakes, Canals, and Rivers; for the Drains of Bafon and Langtoft centre upon it, and the Welland almoft inclofes it, over which there is a Bridge with a navigable Port, which, though but fmall, has feveral Barges. It has a handfome large Market, and a free Grammar School. II. KESTEVEN. STA AMFORD is an antient Town, 36 M. from Lincoln and Northampton, and 83 from London; it fends Members to Parliament, and ftands upon the River Welland, which is navigable to it by Barges. On the South Bank of it was formerly a ftrong Castle, called Stamford Baron, and from a Butcher's Dog feizing a mad Bull and entertaining the Earl of Warren with the Sport, the cruel Practice of Bull-baiting took its Rife here; for he gave the Meadow for a Common to the Butchers, |